Learn the value of building your skills to prepare for and respond to disasters

Emergency and disaster response organisations need to continuously review and improve their skills to successfully perform their jobs. On this course, you will explore the benefits and limitations of training and exercising to prepare for emergencies and disasters.

You will evaluate the role of training and development within the risk management and emergency preparedness process. You will examine the types of skill exercises that can benefit organisations and how they successfully address specific training needs.

What topics will you&nbspcover?

Capabilities for preparedness and response

Capabilities vs capacity

Introducing training and development as a cycle

Learning domains

The emergency management professional

Benefits and limitations of exercising

Types and scales of exercise

When would you like to&nbspstart?

Date to be announced

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What will you&nbspachieve?

By the end of the course, you'll be able to...

Identify the role of training and exercising in risk management and emergency preparedness

Assess training and development as a cycle and a lifelong process

Evaluate some key challenges in exercise design

Assess the value of various types and scales of exercise

Who is the course&nbspfor?

This course is for people with roles in emergency and disaster planning and response. It would benefit those with a role in business continuity planning and training exercise designing within organisations.

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